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Mr Ioannis Polyzois 2018-09-26 Person 5 5 0

My elderly mother, aged 82, at the time suffered with arthritis in her shoulder and unable to bear the pain any longer she decided to do something about it. She does have private medical care so took up the option to go down this route. She was seen very quickly by Mr Polyzois and he recognised that my mother was in pain immediately. He provided all the options available and allowed her time to think about these. These were clearly explained together with the risks involved of doing an operation on such an elderly person. The options were full shoulder replacement, or pain management with steroids. Once she has decided to proceed with the operation, the process was very smooth and at each stage everything was explained. The operation went extremely well and my mother recovered quickly. Mr Polyzois did stress that following the op the physio care plan was vital to the success of the operation and my mother was dedicated to following this plan. She did require a live in carer to assist with basic care to start with but her recovery was in line with what was expected and she was soon back to living on her own again. Throughout the post op reviews with Mr Polyzois he showed a genuine interest in her and she was delighted in 'showing off' how well she had recovered each time. So much so in fact, she is shortly returning to have her other shoulder replaced at the age of 83!